unilateral
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Unilateral action can be rationalized as acting because it is too cumbersome to mobilize allies whose interests do not align with one’s own.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
Unilateral wage cuts are illegal in China, but complex salary structures offer ways around that.
From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2023
On Tuesday, as the climate change summit got underway in Paris, the committee held a hearing titled, “Pitfalls of Unilateral Negotiations at the Paris Climate Change Conference.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2015
Unilateral sanctions, says the Chamber’s Myron Brilliant, would “certainly be ineffective.”
From Time • Apr. 16, 2014
Unilateral hallucinations, an especially interesting class, occur in severe cases of hysteria, and are usually accompanied by hemi-anaesthesia of the body on the side on which the hallucinatory object is perceived. d.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
Vocabulary lists containing unilateral
Power Prefix: uni-
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Grade 10, List 4
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Four Power Prefixes: anti-, con-, inter-, and uni-.
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